Data science | risk modelling | networks | sports | statistics - Ideally in combination.
Donegal, Ireland
Joined November 2018
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My first R package - spRingsteen, has just been accepted on CRAN. Containing data on all things Bruce Springsteen including setlists for ~50 years of concerts.
simply install.packages('spRingsteen') and check it out!
See here for more info
obrienjoey.github.io/spRings…
Night one of the @springsteen European leg. Amazing show, go see if you can - there's only one boss! #SpringsteenBarcelona #SpringsteenTour2023
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Award for University of Limerick team that was central to COVID-19 statistical modelling
The awarding of the Outstanding Researcher Collaboration Award to MACSI recognises the valuable societal impact of their ongoing research:
ul.ie/research/news/award-fo…
#Research #StudyatUL
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📌We are now accepting applications from #PhD candidates 🎉
Fully-funded scholarships are available at @MU_Hamilton, @UL, & @ucddublin.
@scienceirel @SkillnetIreland @ICTSkillnet @UCDMathStat @UCDGS @MaynoothUni @MU_MathsStats @MU_PostGrad @UL_Research @ULSiamsc @GPS_UL
📢Recruitment call!
Fully-funded PhD scholarships are available with our CRT commencing in Sept 2023. Join 113 students & begin your 4-year PhD journey with us.
data-science.ie/how-do-i-app…
Application portal opens 2nd Dec data-science.ie/the-crt-prog…
#believeinscience #phdchat
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This work with @DavidJPOS and @gleesonj is now on arXiv (arxiv.org/abs/2212.00584):
"A generating-function approach to modelling complex contagion on clustered networks with multi-type branching processes"
Here is a quick overview of our paper: (1/6)
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Here is my poster for the @Young_Stats_ISA conference on "Penalized power-generalized Weibull distributional regression". Work with @Shirinmgh and Kevin Burke. Very much looking forward to seeing all the other great posters today!😊#YISAPoster2022
🚨🚨 Two hours until the first Fantasy Premier League deadline of the season.
Giving my thoughts on the new season of FPL @drivetimerte on RTÉ Radio 1 today at 16:50, be sure to listen in for some last minute advice! ⚽
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📢#JobFairy Exciting opportunity to join the @MACSIMaths and @Confirm_Centre @scienceirel teams @UL_Research as a Postdoctoral Researcher in Mathematical Modelling of Metal Spinning with @DoireannOKiely
👉Details: ul.ie/hrvacancies
📌Job ID: 053508
⌚️Closing: 19th Aug
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please RT: 2 mathematics positions in our department (tenure-track or tenured). Closing date is 12 noon IST 13th June. Details and apply at ul.ie/hrvacancies, use recruitment reference 051988 (or search using keyword “mathematics”). Informal queries to: [email protected]
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Who is the greatest snooker player of all time? Find out when @obrienj_ @MACSIMaths @UL joins @fallon_donal for a few frames on the 1st episode of the brand new Brainstorm TV show @RTEOne Mon May 2nd 8.30pm
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Last night on @GameOn2FM @MACSIMaths alum @obrienj_ spoke about his @scienceirel funded paper with @gleesonj to reveal who, mathematically, is the greatest ever snooker player! Listen back from 1:37:44 bit.ly/38un9Yb 👏 @RTEBrainstorm @UL_Research
ALT Last night on @GameOn2FM @MACSIMaths alum @obrienj_ spoke about his @scienceirel funded paper with @gleesonj to reveal who, mathematically, is the greatest ever snooker player! Listen back from 1:37:44 https://bit.ly/38un9Yb 👏 @RTEBrainstorm
Tune into @GameOn2FM from 6:20 to hear about how networks can help in ranking Snooker players - very timely with the ongoing World Championships!
Wireless loyal from 6 bells 📻 ✊🏼
@DietmarHamann & @marklangdon preview #UCL semi-finals
@fallon_donal & @obrienj_ reveal who, mathematically, is the greatest ever snooker player!
@donnmcclean Day 1 @punchestownrace update 🐎
@geauxshep on #NFLDraft
Join us on @GameOn2FM!
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Kleber Oliveira @kleber_a_o gives an overview of his work on "A diffusion approximation to the Competition-Induced Criticality model" at #NetSciX2022
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Our work with the Irish Epidemiological Modelling Advisory Group (IEMAG) developing and calibrating COVID-19 population-level models is now out in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: royalsocietypublishing.org/d…
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University of Limerick-led research team reveals approach behind calculation of ‘R-number’
The reproduction 'R-number' is used for detailing the amount of Coronavirus cases on a daily basis.
Find out more:
limerickleader.ie/news/home/…
#COVID19 #StudyatUL
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Over the coming weeks, we will be announcing details of our upcoming student conference on January 21st. Stay tuned! @SIAM_IMA_Dublin @SIAM_NUIGalway
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Does false news spread differently than true news online? For example, does false news spread faster or deeper into the Twitter network? How about videos vs. petitions? New paper out in @PNASnews with @jugander pnas.org/content/118/46/e210… 1/14
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Looking forward to tomorrow's SIM talk by @kleber_a_o. It promises to be a great one! UL staff & students welcome. @MACSIMaths
Delighted to see this work with @gleesonj published in @PhysRevResearch (open access)
For a summary of the work check out 👇
journals.aps.org/prresearch/…
New on arXiv - latest work with @gleesonj where we study Herbert Simon's classical neutral model using branching processes to further understand the orig. model and also generalize to incorporate arbitrary memory effects. Delighted to have this one out!
arxiv.org/abs/2102.11705
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NEW: Big collaborative effort this past year to put together the Campus COVID Dataset: testing & case counts from 1400+ colleges for the Fall 2020 semester.
We find county-level differences in COVID outcomes based on college policy.
medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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